West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India along the Bay of Bengal. With over 91million inhabitants, it is India's fourth-most populous state. West Bengal is the thirteenth-largest Indian state, with an area of 88,752 km2 (34,267 sq mi). Part of the ethno-linguistic Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent, it borders Bangladesh in the east, and Nepal and Bhutan in the north. It also borders the Indian states of Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Sikkim, and Assam. The state capital is Kolkata (Calcutta) the seventh-largest city in India, and center of the third-largest metropolitan area in the country. West Bengal includes the Darjeeling Himalayan hill region, the Ganges delta, the Rarh region, and the coastal Sundarbans. The main ethnic group is the Bengalis, with Bengali Hindus forming the demographic majority.
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday emphasised the need for conservation of water resources on the occasion of World Water Monitoring Day. She highlighted a slew of projects which.. IndiaTimes - Published
Describing her trip to Delhi to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi as "routine" and a "constitutional obligation", West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said she would raise the issue of.. IndiaTimes - Published
BJP leaders had launched a blistering attack on the Trinamool Congress after party supremo Mamata Banerjee took to Twitter and said one should not forget the mother tongue. DNA - Published
Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao announced in the Assembly that his state too would not implement the new Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019. He said that, "We have no intention to harass.. IndiaTimes - Published
The West Bengal police on Friday resorted to using tear gas shells, water canons, and lathicharges on thousands of youth belonging to Left Front student organisations protesting against the snowballing.. DNA - Published
The West Bengal government will accpet the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission and is likely to implement it from January 1, 2020, chief minister Mamata Banerjee said on Friday. She blamed the.. IndiaTimes - Published
"We will never allow NRC in Bengal. We will not allow them to divide the people on religious and caste lines. We will not accept NRC in Assam. They have silenced the people of Assam by using police.. IndiaTimes - Published
Indian Army's Integrated Battle Groups (IBG) will be launched in a training exercise of the 17th Corps which are located at Panagarh in West Bengal DNA - Published
Various BJP and non-BJP states have not backed the Centre's move including Gujarat, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Puducherry, Madhya Pradesh.. DNA - Published
On Wednesday, Maharashtra Transport Minister Diwakar Raote wrote a letter to Union Transport Minister complaining about the new provisions of the Motor Vehicle Act. DNA - Published
he West Bengal government will not implement the amended Motor Vehicles Act, which provides for stiff fines for traffic violations, as it is "too harsh" on the people, chief minister Mamata Banerjee.. IndiaTimes - Published
The injured, Arpita Kha and Suprya Dolui, class 9 students, were returning from their tuition classes in Daspur village, when at around 8:30 pm, a group of young boys hiding beneath a tree threw acid.. DNA - Published
Union Minister Smriti Irani on Tuesday hit out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her opposition to the NRC, saying that the BJP-led government at the Centre is committed to protect the.. IndiaTimes - Published
Police have registered complaints in the name of unknown persons, in all the three cases all were beaten on the suspicion of child lifting DNA - Published
Former Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee was admitted to a private hospital on Friday night after complaining of breathing distress. A team of five critical-care specialists has been formed.. IndiaTimes - Published
The resolution, jointly moved by the ruling Trinamool Congress, Left Front and Congress was passed to prevent its implementation in the state of West Bengal. DNA - Published
The woman alleged that the accused, Samaresh Mondol, grabbed her without her consent while she was alone in the ladies compartment of the train. DNA - Published
BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra slammed West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee for her comments on Chandrayaan 2 mission being hyped and said, "This statement of Mamata Banerjee is her sheer frustration. While.. IndiaTimes - Published
Shah has become one of the forerunners of this art form in the world. He has also registered with one of the most significant memberships of the Guinness Book of World Record for his artistic.. DNA - Published
The victim, a resident of Rishra, West Bengal has competed at the state and national level. She has also won several medals at both levels. DNA - Published
West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday cut short his stay in New Delhi to visit injured BJP MP Arjun Singh in a city hospital and expressed concern over the law and order situation in the.. IndiaTimes - Published
Trinamool Congress leadership has decided to hold mass protests across West Bengal from this week opposing NRC in neighbouring Assam, party sources said. On September 12 a protest rally will be.. IndiaTimes - Published
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said she was sad to see that the values endorsed by India's founding fathers were being undermined. "On this day in 1946, the interim government of.. IndiaTimes - Published
An incident has been reported from Jhodkali where some land has been cleared near the road to lay down the foundation of what seems like a small construction. DNA - Published
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday dubbed the updated final NRC as a "fiasco" and said it has exposed all those who are trying to gain "political mileage" out of the exercise... IndiaTimes - Published
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday raised the chit fund scam matter in the Assembly and claimed that only Left is "unaffected" by the Central probe agencies as they have an.. IndiaTimes - Published
The online registration process to participate in the recruitment rally is now open for the candidates belonging to districts of Darjeeling, Kalimpong in West Bengal. DNA - Published
After Manipur and Rajasthan, the West Bengal government is set to enact a law in the current session of the assembly to make lynching an offence punishable with life imprisonment and a Rs 5 lakh fine... IndiaTimes - Published
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